‘The Weight’ Filmmaker Padraic McKinley Inks With Range Media Partners

EXCLUSIVE: Following nan acquisition of his Sundance world premiere by Vertical, The Weight filmmaker Padriac McKinley has signed pinch Range Media Partners.  

As an editor, McKinley has trim 19 characteristic films and complete 200 episodes of tv earlier transitioning into directing and producing. He made his characteristic directorial debut pinch The Weight, a depression-era escapade starring 5x Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke and Oscar Winner Russell Crowe.

McKinley directed The Weight off a screenplay by Shelby Gaines, Matthew Chapman and Matthew Booi pinch a communicative by Booi and Leo Scherman.

McKinley first gained nickname connected DirecTV’s play Kingdom, wherever he served arsenic Co-Executive Producer and directed 4 episodes, including nan bid finale. He went connected to executive nutrient respective high-profile series, including play 2 of nan award-nominated Starz bid American Gods, and nan Golden Globe-winning Showtime constricted series, The Loudest Voice, starring Crowe.

Additionally, McKinley served arsenic an EP connected Showtime’s 2020 humanities play The Good Lord Bird, starring Ethan Hawke, which earned wide captious acclaim and aggregate grant nominations, winning a Peabody Award.

McKinley besides directed and edited nan Netflix original documentary series, Fightworld, exploring conflict cultures astir nan world. He besides served arsenic a Producing Director and Co-Executive Producer connected NBC’s Debris, directing aggregate episodes, successful 2021. He later worked arsenic Consulting Producer connected nan Crowe thriller movie Poker Face, The Sticky for Amazon, and Executive Producer connected Ghosts of Beirut for Showtime.

McKinley continues to beryllium represented by Innovative Artists and Jackoway Austen. 

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